Handle.



J. 0. DAVISON.

HANDLE. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 12, 1908.

Patented Jan. 26, 1909.

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other receptacles and more particularly to To all whom it may concern:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

JESSE 0. DAVISON, or 'M'URR'AY, IOWA.

HANDLE.

Be it known that I, JEssE O. DAVISON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Murray, in the county of Clarke and State of Iowa, haveinvented certain new and useful. Improvements in Handles, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had 3. has a fiatorrectangular inner end 8 adapted -projection 9 arranged u on .the u tothe accompanying drawings.

This mventlon relates to improvements in handles for cofiee pots,cooking utensils and one which may be removed from the pot or receptaclewhile the latter is upon the stove so that it will not become heated.

The object of the invention is'to provide a simple and practical handleof this character whichcmay be uickly and easily removed from and ap iito a coffee pot or the like and which w en applied will serve as a safeand convenient hand grip for such pot or re- Y ce tacle.

ith the above and other objects in view, the invention consists ofthe'novel features of construction and the combination and arrangementof parts hereinafter full described and claimed, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which" Figure 1 is a side elevation of theim-' proved handle showing it applied to acoffee pot, parts being insection; Fig. 2 is a perspectlve viewof the handle; and Figs. 3 and 4are detail perspective views of the lugs upon the ot.

' In the rawings 1 denotes a coffee-pot or any other cooking utensil orreceptacle upon which the improved handle 2 is arranged. The handlecomprises a substantially U- shaped body having a vertical portion whichforms. a hand grip and upper and lower arms 3, 4, the latter of whichisformed at its end with a downwardly bent foot or projection 5,preferably of rectangular shape, to enter a similar shaped "opening orsocket 6 formed in a lug or projection 7 upon the lower portion of thepot 1. The upper arm to fit against the pot 1 and beneath a lug or piperportion of the ot vertica y above t e lug 7. The end 8 o the handle isformed with an opening or socket 10 adapted to register with iSpecification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 12, 1908. Serial No. 438,168.

Patented Jan. 26, 1909.

ceive the dowturned end or hook 12 of a latch lever 13. The latter ispivoted intermediate its ends by a pin 14 to a bearing ear or cars 15formed upon the to of the arm 3 and the outer end of said latch ever isshaped to provide a finger piece 16 disposed over the u per end of thevertical or hand grip portion 0? the handle. A leaf spring 17 secured at18 to the handle has its free end bearing upwardly against the fingerpiece of the lever so asto throw its hook end or dog 12 downwardly andmaintain the same in the openings 11, 10 to fasten the handle to thepot.

In use, the handle is em loyed to lift and carry the ot or receptac e 1in the usual manner ans after it. has been laced upon a stove the'handlemag be read' y removed by the stove. v From the foregoing it will beseen that the invention is exceedingly simple in construction so that-itmay be produced at a small cost and will be strong, durable, convenientand reliable. I Having thus described the invention what is claimed is:

The combination with a receptacle having upper and lower lugs projectingtherefrom, the upper lugs having a vertically disposed rectangularopening and the lower one having in its top a rectangular socket, of abandle having a lower arm formed with a rectangular depending end toenter said socket in the lower lug, said handle also having an upwardlyinclined upper arm provided at its extremity with a horizontal portionadapted to enter beneath the upper lug and formed in its top with arectangu ar socket to register with said opening in the upper lug, saidupper arm being formed upon its top intermediate its ends with spacedbearing cars, a latch lever ivoted intermediate its ends between saidiiearing ears and having its outer end shaped to provide a finger pieceand its inner end formed with a depending rectangu- Q J 910,648 f larprojection to per armo t e an e an at ca sprlng sev cured to the upperarm of the handle and DAWSON '5 bearing against the bottom of the fingerWitnesses:

piece of the latch lever, substantially as BENJ. F. BINGHAM,

shown and described. J. W; FLINrI.

enter the socket in the upsignaturein t e presence of two witnesses.

(smss through the opening in n In testimon whereof I hereunto affix my

